Dance is the hidden language of the soul. I can honestly say that this is true. Dancing for almost six years and still loving it is something I have accomplished.
The auditions for the next performance comes and I am nervous, but still excited. My friends and I try to do our best in the class. Throughout the next week, we wait anxiously to see what our roles will be. When they finally go up, the rehearsals start right away. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday rehearsals every week until the week before our performance. Than the rehearsals are every day at the stage.
Saturdays are all day long rehearsals. Some may even be from 11:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Those days are filled with a lot of dancing, but they are more than that for the dancers. During lunch and other breaks I am with my friends and we all become even closer than we were before, if that is even possible. We almost never get tired of each other even though we are together six out of seven days a week. We learn our dances and practice them again and again. During some of the rehearsals, there are injuries. This is the bad part about doing all the rehearsals.
The Monday of the performance week, I arrive and go backstage to my dressing room. Dressing rooms are exciting and luckily, I am usually with my best friends. Every day of the week we have long, but still fun rehearsals. All our hard work for the performance pays off Friday morning. We have our first performance for kids on Friday. Saturday and Sunday are the last two Performances. I find myself standing backstage, in the wings, seconds before I go on and I am extremely nervous. Once I go on and start dancing, I smile and forget about being nervous. My passion for moving, for expressing feelings in no other way possible are shown through dance.
I know what it is like to dance on stage in front of hundreds of people. I know what it is like to feel confident on stage. I know what it is like to be in the Nutcracker. And lastly, I know what it is like to be able to do something love. -Jordan Kopp
The auditions for the next performance comes and I am nervous, but still excited. My friends and I try to do our best in the class. Throughout the next week, we wait anxiously to see what our roles will be. When they finally go up, the rehearsals start right away. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday rehearsals every week until the week before our performance. Than the rehearsals are every day at the stage.
Saturdays are all day long rehearsals. Some may even be from 11:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Those days are filled with a lot of dancing, but they are more than that for the dancers. During lunch and other breaks I am with my friends and we all become even closer than we were before, if that is even possible. We almost never get tired of each other even though we are together six out of seven days a week. We learn our dances and practice them again and again. During some of the rehearsals, there are injuries. This is the bad part about doing all the rehearsals.
The Monday of the performance week, I arrive and go backstage to my dressing room. Dressing rooms are exciting and luckily, I am usually with my best friends. Every day of the week we have long, but still fun rehearsals. All our hard work for the performance pays off Friday morning. We have our first performance for kids on Friday. Saturday and Sunday are the last two Performances. I find myself standing backstage, in the wings, seconds before I go on and I am extremely nervous. Once I go on and start dancing, I smile and forget about being nervous. My passion for moving, for expressing feelings in no other way possible are shown through dance.
I know what it is like to dance on stage in front of hundreds of people. I know what it is like to feel confident on stage. I know what it is like to be in the Nutcracker. And lastly, I know what it is like to be able to do something love. -Jordan Kopp